William "Gorilla"
Jones

BORN

May 12
1906; Memphis, Tennessee (Some sources report May 4 1910)

DIED..

January 4
1982; Los Angeles, California

HEIGHT

5-9 (Some
sources report 5-6)

WEIGHT

147-160 lbs

MANAGER

Stephen "Suey" Welsh

Jones was
a talented boxer who was clever and quick and used a good jab
accompanied by stiff punches; Freddie Steele once said that Jones
was the "cleverest fighter I ever fought"; He was never knocked out
and during his career, he won the NBA
Middleweight Championship of the World